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Return to APC, Ize-Iyamu begs Governor Obaseki

Candidate of the All Progressives Congress in last Saturday Governorship election, Pastor Ize-Iyamu, has called on Governor Godwin Obaseki to return to APC.   In a television broadcast on Wednesday night, Ize-Iyamu said, “We are going to talk to everybody. ...

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I once worked as a plumber, Sanwo-Olu tells youths

The Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Wednesday said he worked as a plumber about 30 years ago.   He made the revelation during the graduation of 6,252 students of the 18 skill acquisition centres in the state. ...

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Inspector extorting motorcyclist to face trial in Lagos

                                                                      The Nigeria Police Force, Lagos State Command Thursday, ordered the immediate orderly room trial of an inspector caught in a widely circulated picture extorting a motorcyclist.   The Inspector, Joseph Dike attached to Aguda Division of the State was ...

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Female workers stripped naked on ‘ex-minister’s order’ demand N1bn, apology

Four former employees of Signatious Hotel, Warri, Delta State, who were reportedly stripped on the order of the chairman of the hotel and former Minister of State for Education, Mr Kenneth Gbagi, have demanded N1bn compensation and public apology from ...

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I Have Never Received Bribe All My Life – Ex-EFCC Boss, Magu

  Suspended Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu on Wednesday said he has never received bribe all his life. Magu was testifying before the Justice Ayo Salami panel probing allegations of corruption against him. ...

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FG puts nine-year-old presidential jet on sale

                                                  The Federal Government has put up for sale a jet in the Presidential fleet, Hawker ...

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PSG’s Di Maria gets four-match ban

                                                Paris Saint-Germain winger Angel Di Maria received a four-match ban on Wednesday for spitting during this ...

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Buhari reacts as tanker explosion kills 23 in Kogi

                                                    President Muhammadu Buhari has mourned the death of 23 Nigerians in the Kogi State ...

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Popular Italian referee, Daniele De Santis and model girlfriend murdered at home

                                                          Italian referee Daniele De Santis and his girlfriend Eleonora Manta were brutally killed in their home in Lecce on Monday.   Police have launched a murder investigation but it has left the Italian footballing world in utter shock and ...

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Woman dating her cousin posts intimate photos to ‘change stigma of incest’

                                                    A woman who is dating her cousin posted intimate pictures of them in a bid to change stigma of incest.   The couple posed for the camera as they kissed and even stripped down to heir underwear – saying ...

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Sanwo-Olu splashes 51 SUVs, 8 houses on judges

                                                                                      Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Wednesday splashed 51 Sports Utility Vehicles, SUVs, and eight houses on judges of the State High Court.   The governor, after handing over the vehicles, said efforts to build a strong and formidable ...

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Flood kills five, takes over LG secretariat… displaces corps members in Jigawa

                                                                         Floods have killed three persons, taken over a local government secretariat and displaced corps members in Miga Local Government Area of Jigawa State.   Council Chairman Alhaji Muhammed Abubakar Agufa said hundreds of residents lost their homes while hundreds ...

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28-year-old man caught raping neighbour’s wife in his house

                                                           Residents of Kegogi Village in Marani, Kitutu Chache North Constituency in Kisii County, Kenya on Monday, September 21 set alight a 28-year-old man’s house after he was allegedly caught r*ping a neighbour’s wife.   Patrick Orina on Sunday 5pm ...

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President Buhari condoles with Fayose over sister’s death

                                              President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with the former governor of Ekiti, Ayodele Fayose, over the death of ...

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JUST IN: IPOB declares sit-at-home on October 1

                                                      Proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has declared October 1, 2020 as sit-at-home ...

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Four policemen detained for killing musician in Rivers state

                                                           Four police officers from the anti-kidnapping unit of the Rivers State Police Command and one sergeant attached to a supermarket have been detained for shooting a 20-year-old Chibuike Daniel Dominic, aka Sleek, in Elelewo axis of Obi-Akpor Local Government ...

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Pensioners protest in Ogun, reject Government proposed N500m quarterly defray

Retirees in Ogun State under the aegis of Nigeria Union of pensioners (NUP), on Tuesday staged a peaceful protest to register their grievances against what they described as government insensitivity to their plights.   The protesting pensioners were armed with ...

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